16 m. ago Manchester synagogue attacker 'may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology', police say

A total of six people are now in police custody after two people died in the horrific assault on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue yesterday.

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48 m. ago Manchester synagogue attack police make three more arrests as six held in total

One man and two women, aged between 18 and mid-40s, have been arrested following the Manchester synagogue attack, bringing the number of people held to six

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54 m. ago ‘It’s not a good place right now’: CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

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73 m. ago Newsom roasts Stephen Miller over ‘homeland defender’ call: ‘Slay queen’

California governor’s office mocked the Trump administration with a meme ending in ‘slay queen’

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83 m. ago Organisers defy pressure to call off Palestine Action rally as Starmer urges protesters to ‘respect the grief of British Jews’

Around 1,500 people are expected to defy Palestine Action’s terror ban in a rally on Saturday despite pleas to call it off

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1 hour ago Why Democrats in Michigan are desperate to stop a diehard Trump supporter from winning a seemingly small

Chaos in a Detroit suburb could put a January 6 defender in charge of administering elections for more than 70,000 people

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1 hour ago Manchester synagogue terrorist 'was on bail for alleged rape'

Jihad Al-Shamie, drove a black Kia Picanto into a crowd gathered outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, before stabbing people.

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1 hour ago Noem visits Chicago area ICE facility as agents detain multiple protesters outside

Federal agents have detained several people near an immigration facility outside Chicago

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2 h. ago A by the numbers look at the current Hispanic population in the United States

More than 68 million people in the United States identify as ethnically Hispanic, making it one the nation’s fastest growing racial or ethnic groups

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2 h. ago New Florida bill will bypass training requirements for people using guns to defend religious buildings

Licensed gun owners in the state with concealed carry permits can already take their weapons inside houses of worship

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2 h. ago Met Office tells EVERYONE in Britain to prepare three essential items

As Storm Amy is expected to bring heavy rain and wind to all of Britain this weekend, the Met Office has urged people to prepare ahead due to the risk of power cuts

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2 h. ago Hegseth says four killed in US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuelan coast

Pentagon chief says strike – fourth by US military in recent weeks – targeted boat with ‘substantial amounts’ of drugsThe US killed four people in a strike against a vessel just off the coast of Venezuela that was allegedly carrying illegal drugs, US defense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday.The strike came a day after Trump officials notified Congress that the US was entering a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Petition calling for legal protections for veterans draws more than 200,000 signatures

A petition aligned with the Mail's campaign to protect Northern Ireland veterans has broken through the 200,000 signatures barrier. As of yesterday evening, 205,690 people had offered support.

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3 h. ago 2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike

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3 h. ago Santander's WFH boss who stayed home up to two days a week steps down from £3.3m

Mike Regnier, who said previously he would never have taken the role if he was not allowed to work from home, has been chief executive of the lender's British arm since April 2022.

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3 h. ago 'Not a time to stoke tension': PM issues warning over Palestine protest in wake of Manchester terror attack

It comes after Met chief Sir Mark Rowley demanded a pro-Palestine protest planned for Saturday in central London be cancelled

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3 h. ago Manchester synagogue terrorist on bail for rape at the time of his rampage

Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, died after Jihad Al-Shamie drove into a group of people outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue before stabbing a man

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3 h. ago Crowdfunded bid to block Spurs' training ground on Green Belt site set for High Court

More than 850 people have donated towards a review of the football academy in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield

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3 h. ago Scientists discover key part of the brain that degrades in Alzheimer's... paving way for breakthrough therapies

Researchers have uncovered a key part of the brain that causes older people to become less familiar with their surroundings as they age, a potentially early sign of Alzheimer's disease.

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3 h. ago In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland

This was a horror but amid rising antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start nowIt was the Jewish New Year last week, when the traditional greeting is shana tova: a good year. This time around, you’d often hear it in adapted form, as Jews wished each other something more modest: “A better year.” As if, given the times we live in, “good” would be too much to ask for; as if we ought to scale down expectations. It turns out we didn’t scale them down enough.I was in synagogue when word spread of the murderous attack at Heaton Park in north Manchester that left two people dead, along with the killer. Yom Kippur is rightly described as the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, but it is also a moment of vulnerability. Those who follow tradition, and that includes plenty who wouldn’t describe themselves as believers in God, do not eat or drink for 25 hours; many switch off their phones, and don’t watch TV or listen to the radio; they engag...

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